Sactwu Projects

The SACTWU Worker Health Program

“As a trade union, we recognise that HIV and AIDS is a major challenge in our society. We have the challenge to launch an education programme to contribute to reducing and preventing the spread of HIV and AIDS, provide counselling to members who are HIV positive, that will assist them in adapting their lives, and to live positively; and educate workers and the rest of society to ensure that those who are HIV positive are not stigmatised and that we produce a caring supportive environment for HIV positive people, at the workplace, in the union and in the wider society.”

The SACTWU Worker Health Program was started in 1998 as a worker awareness education program on HIV and Aids issues, but has since then evolved into a comprehensive program providing the full continuum of care.

The following is a brief outline of our services offered:

PREVENTION

Condom distribution through the workplace and Bargaining Council clinics.